London audiences have the opportunity to be the first to see this year’s Untapped Award winners in preview at the New Diorama Theatre this July, before they head to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August.
The three award-winning productions, announced in March, are JEEZUS! by Alpaqa, Pigs Fly Easy Ryan by NONSTOP and Emergency Chorus’ Ways of Knowing.
Preview performances will run from 16 to 26 July 2025 at the New Diorama Theatre in London.
The Untapped Award is a partnership with Underbelly, New Diorama and Concord Theatricals which aims to discover and support early and mid-career theatre makers at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Previous winners include the critically acclaimed Ugly Sisters in 2024, which went on to transfer to London for a 3-week run at New Diorama Theatre; the Fringe First-winner It’s True, It’s True, It’s True by Breach, which has since been adapted for BBC television; and Nouveau Riche’s Stage Award-winning Queens of Sheba, recently performed at New York’s Public Theatre as part of the prestigious Under the Radar Festival.
In other New Diorama Theatre news, Camden Youth Theatre, which they run with their neighbours Camden People’s Theatre, will be presenting their take on the Greek myth of Pandora for two nights on the 12 and 13 July, with live music devised by local teenagers under the direction of Shamira Turner and Phoebe Fairchild.
Read more about the Untapped Awards 2025.
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JEEZUS! is a bold, irreverent, and euphoric musical comedy that celebrates self-discovery, faith, and queerness through the power of anthemic pop Latin bangers. Set against the backdrop of a South American Catholic upbringing, it follows an altar boy on the path to his first communion – only to experience a queer awakening as he falls head over heels (and balls deep) for Jesus Christ himself. Blending clowning, musical theatre, and magical realism, the show unpacks the suffocating grip of authoritarianism in faith, family, and fatherland while celebrating the absurdity and beauty of belief. Audiences can expect to laugh until their faces hurt, reflect on their own upbringing, and perhaps even find healing in the recognition of their own divinity. Amidst dark times, JEEZUS! dares to imagine a hopeful future – one where queer liberation shines bright.
Pigs Fly Easy Ryan is a wild, high-flying spectacle for audiences 18 and over. Two flight fetishists illegally pose as cabin crew to sneak aboard a plane and live out their ultimate fantasy – FREEDOM. Hilarious, chaotic, and strangely tender, the show playfully eroticises freedom in a world teetering on the edge of climate collapse and rising fascism. With a mix of physical comedy, visceral intensity, and direct-to-audience sincerity, Pigs Fly Easy Ryan captures the thrill of a spontaneous getaway on a maxed-out credit card with the guilt, escapism, and fleeting euphoria. At its core, it’s an exploration of connection, consumption, safety, sex, and survival, all wrapped in a slightly sticky, heart-filled embrace. Buckle up, it’s going to be a turbulent ride.
Ways of Knowing is a mysterious and slippery dance-theatre work that explores the impossibility of predicting the future. Through detailed choreography, live sound design, and found text, Ben and Clara investigate the strange tools humans have relied on to foresee what’s to come – storm-predicting leeches, Victorian inventors, mystical tarot figures, hermits in caves, and corporate trend forecasters. The show unfolds in two distinct halves, moving from deadpan humour and synchronized dance to an apocalyptic soundscape and a chilling descent into uncertainty. As we navigate a world shaped by accelerating technology, corporate power, and the climate crisis, Ways of Knowing challenges our desperation to control the unknown. Instead, it invites us to embrace uncertainty and carve out space for imagining radically better futures – together.
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